This adds a new stream handler implementation that updates terminal state in reaction to VT sequences, but doesn't perform any of the actions that would require responses (e.g. queries). This is exposed in two ways: first, as a standalone `ReadonlyStream` and `ReadonlyHandler` type that contains all the implementation. Second, as a convenience func on `Terminal` as `vtStream` and `vtHandler` which return their respective types preconfigured to update the calling terminal state. This dramatically simplifies libghostty-vt usage from Zig (and will eventually be exposed to C, too) since a Terminal on its own is ready to go as a full VT parser and state machine without needing to build any custom types! There's a second big bonus here which is that our `stream_readonly.zig` tests are true end-to-end tests for raw bytes to terminal state. This will let us test a wider variety of situations more broadly. To start, there are only a handful of tests implemented here. **AI disclosure:** Amp wrote basically this whole thing, but I reviewed it. https://ampcode.com/threads/T-3490efd2-1137-4112-96f6-4bf8a0141ff5 |
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README.md
Example: vtStream API for Parsing Terminal Streams
This example demonstrates how to use the vtStream API to parse and process
VT sequences. The vtStream API is ideal for read-only terminal applications
that need to parse terminal output without responding to queries, such as:
- Replay tooling
- CI log viewers
- PaaS builder output
- etc.
The stream processes VT escape sequences and updates terminal state, while ignoring sequences that require responses (like device status queries).
Requires the Zig version stated in the build.zig.zon file.
Usage
Run the program:
zig build run
The example will process various VT sequences including:
- Plain text output
- ANSI color codes
- Cursor positioning
- Line clearing
- Multiple line handling
And display the final terminal state after processing all sequences.